Crime & Courts | Herald-News

A teen who suffered a gunshot wound to the head in Joliet has been taken to a hospital in Chicago for further treatment.

A Joliet Township man was arrested after he was accused of firing a gun in an incident that required a SWAT response.

A Frankfort man has been charged with threatening to harm Gov. JB Pritzker.

A Crest Hill man has been paroled after spending six months in prison and already receiving credit for 14 months in jail for the 2024 reckless homicide of a Joliet couple.

The incident happened in the Cathedral Area of Joliet on Tuesday night.

A prosecutor said a Colorado woman charged with the drug-induced homicide of a Shorewood man may have been part of the same "friend group" as that man. He said their relationship is "unclear."

Joliet police officers responded to Gonzalez Fresh Produce on Collins Street for report of a man beating a rooster outside the store, according to a police spokesman.

A Romeoville man who crashed into two Oswego police cars early Monday while officers were conducting a traffic stop has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.
A judge was deemed biased by a Will County Board member whom he found guilty of unlawfully accessing the email account of a political opponent on the board.


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